Lean Implementation Applications and Hidden Costs

7.5.4 Job Rotation -- 7.5.5 Coaching -- 7.5.6 Shadowing -- 7.6 Training Constraints in Lean Environments -- 7.7 Continuing Education -- 7.8 Knowledge Management -- 7.9 Learning Culture -- 7.10 Assessing the Effectiveness and Quality of a Training Program -- 7.11 Summary -- 8: Environment Health and Safety in a Lean Environment -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Components of Corporate Environment Health and Safety Program -- 8.2.1 Environmental Protection -- 8.2.2 Worker Safety and Health -- 8.2.3 Environmental Health and Safety Training -- 8.2.4 Health and Medical Services -- 8.2.5 Radiation Safety Program -- 8.3 Eliminating Waste through Compliance -- 8.4 The Role of an Effective Environment Health and Safety Program -- 8.5 Environment Health and Safety Programs Value Proposition -- 8.6 The Reality of Workforce Perception -- 8.7 The Real Cost of Accidents -- 8.8 Applying Lean Principles and Application to an EH & S Program -- 8.9 The Synergy between Lean and Health and Safety Programs -- 8.10 Lean Tools Usage -- 8.11 Summary -- 9: Implementation Pitfalls and Hidden Costs -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 What Are Pitfalls and Hidden Costs? -- 9.3 A Project Management Approach to Lean -- 9.4 Organizational Alignment -- 9.5 Why Lean Fails? -- 9.5.1 Performance Metrics -- 9.5.2 Retention of Staff in a Lean Environment -- 9.6 Minimizing Risk through Lean -- 9.7 The Impact of Trust on Costs and the Pitfalls of Lean Implementation -- 9.8 The Impact of Culture -- 9.8.1 The Role of Subcultures -- 9.9 Lean Procurement -- 9.10 Hidden Costs Are Multifaceted -- 9.11 Capturing the Actual Cost of Lean -- 9.12 Summary -- 10: Lean Implementation Case Study -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Project Description -- 10.3 Identification and Quantification of the Problem -- 10.3.1 Brainstorming -- 10.3.2 Process Mapping -- 10.3.3 Worker Interviews